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THE SENTINEL. WrdiM'xIit), tVkruui-j at. l7. Mr. Sheraaa's Substitute. I c! la-writ Uy .mii t -' . "H r. p t ti- ,-ir..rl 1 l tin- Stmcii 111 '' 1 ml idia tit tailed, an, I ili.tl it -n t 1 1 1 1 1 - tt. that nrii ibiiiit ted by Mr. Sherman. f O'.ih. a ' Sunday morning :'' " " "' a vole of to 1V- Hi,- ana! -I- "I li"' 1 telegraph, i ""' "ll"'1 vim ...I it p." !-" i' ntit.ff.i tiirv Kiiini'iii t its III. .- .!.-. bv -1 I b. Ih. siiinc, Midi a ' I II -ll i Intra us to Infill if. Lllollgll however, i- known to vilify ii that it is bail this bill placed enou li. The St Mt it lire i un.lei stn I military rule, and nnin nniai- vio lating military orders or the peace ol tin- coun try, will 1 subject to trial before tlif military courts, without recourse to the eivil law ot the State.' Thisstateof things v. ill continue until tlie State shall proceed to form a n. Constitu tion. I.y calling a Convention to I elect.-.! by all males -'1 year o age, residents of the States tor a year, without regard to color, except such as are or may be disfranchised tor a participa tion in the rebellion or for felony. The Consti tution lormcd by the C onvention must be sub mitted to the people, and approve! by the voters and by Congress, but until the State I -M-liiture shall adopt the constitutional or Howard amendment. their "senators and Representatives will not be admitted, and then i tlnv inu-t Ix' able to take What no doubt w ill p! u i.l be the il. I . r ii 1 1 iih i mii nun th to iniiit-n rul he : a$c ct ..ath ( ore.rt 1 to.- f nut i I I ub th.- next i t.nnitt , -ribe.l. ,.lt ate 1 1 ! mil ; .-h allow I 10 .1.' lowar.U. .lliplvo,: -" 1,n until alter that "" ' Vindictive enollih to hope, ilia! the S' n demean it-, if. that tnv militate!!. of jiisliti. atiou lor the g u the true 'Viuthern bil . nl t vteniuiiiition "f This hope will b.- ,'app. luted The South has sw t., the .werniucUl. a.ud our pcopl in lo mi- true -tin h- ran I relied upon (or m, intelligent and ir tuous l.liti'rli.e.t oftbeir ohl,gtlo.l. will sub rait to law. fiut this bill will lutrdiv beconu' th law ot the land. The I'r.-suk-ut and the Supreme t t!lt .,,,,!, rtn, SmiHi. rn ii.-.-. -.-itie. , sittTerinys or Court will hardly stand by and see the C'onsti- j WSIlU navc. M, ij 1 1 ! r- iiilhi.-n.-e upon theoi. that tut ion so grossly violated and th.) most :t red i (Uir j t. perhaps do well in the future, to lights of- t ue people trainpl.-d upon. In no CllIU , r , ,,.mVes less about any speculations sense mh ' be said that the outheru Mates j ,,1,1,. , ,ny ,t ventured upon, as to vthit Con are in un altitude ot hostility to the gcm.ral gn.ss wi, ,1n govern riit-nt Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress empowered t ,.n"-nilinff iM-oule. If make war upon n un- disorder eiist in tut- South it is ch srgahle directly upon the coiir-e of Congress. Where Congress has carried out its plan most ullv.a in Tennessee. there i more disorder and'- more J-ause f.r uneasiness than anvwhere else. And the inauguration of such a Ostein as this bill contemplates, will tend more lo breed di-st-urbances than anything rise Our Merchants. Perhaps no suggestion is needed by the ii r t giants ot this State, in regard to Spring pur chases. The pr.-sent indications .if stagnation in busint-sin the Northern cities, is ominous .1 what may be expected in commercial n.Atteis growing out .: the present posture of political affair. It .Httjlit to U perfectly apparent t every one that our n.n.liti.tn forbi.ls extravagance and waste in every parficutW. 'A t no peril distresMS have economy ami frugality been more necessary am. mi; our -opie than at present. -The uasettled state tif puhlic affairs admonish our peoide, that the productive pow.T of th- Slate wi t not W equal to the" -pa year. Tim I indifference of'laU.rers m work ami the efforts I made to induce them f go further South, leave little room to hope that the crop ct the prewrrt . .i . ,1 . It. .,..r fl...ra. .' vr: tula Tliai ' i.wi. fore, can n tit l- nmn " "l"'m'1,",n""1 past. We, therttore, j uli- thai our merchants i I -t lUlinnn interests ami do a service to their friends and patrons, t.y buying this Spring very judiciously, limiting their punUas.s m vthat they fee! .-i-sureil must! iMiuifht and paid ,,r. Goods are so easily obtained, that it i- not .at neccssarv, a in toriner .lit vs. to pun ln-i largely at a time What is lacking can I'f easity supplfed.. nence. we h.q.r tin ir lift pun-hast., will lie small. Pre;dent'i Swain's Lecture. At the solicitation ot tri.-n.ls of the 1 uiv r-i ly. President Swain delivered a Lecture in the House .it oir.inons, on Saturday i.i-.'hi :.!. ! an appreciatn.- and interested audi ei.ee. I lo Senate had af.-ed to a night session. Mil alter considering a few private bill" 'ij'"'",w' '" hear the I..-etur. p embraced a v. ry u. ciiK l but iieces--anly l.rif histftrv ot this verteiabb- in-titulior.. b 1" ".'. ' . . . l .. i ....;.., ginning with it int ipit iicy when tht State Con v vealion incorporated in the t onstitution the requisition U)M.n the Genital Assembly to inau gurate and sn.tain one or mie 1'iiivemiiies j The lathers of the State i..vcrnment were lhe j fc,.,n,lers and natrons of it. It bad been the pride ot the Slate through all its stages, had sent out large numbers of ui. u who had contrib uted larger! irrati sections to the progress and glorv of the country. tne imv.rsiiy, w"",nPSB, ,nbtful remelies or snythinir else pride and pie-sure, bad, to the extent ol its i .Hi.r.ted free of cost, numls-rs of yorin i insfl Wl.o r.s.1 oone ro-i - . , , j . t l.u SitMti lirin.ir arul iu doing this. tl.. had more than remunerated lhe State t. r all n had -lone for the I'uiversity. Shi-had buen prosperous tin n all were proud of her . but now when t njitairasei ry causes lie olid her control, she needed help, and the Igislslure had exttnded help, hut not to the tent of her r..-..ssjtie- It l.cl granted !,. t t. ie. Agricultural w rip that ass light : but : I....I also required ot the Univ. tsit in consider at i .n of the interest tola- derived front t li neup. I" give tuition '' iuui-rrrit tree to ..in.-, student fiom eatrh County ill the. St:te That was !" right. - Hafnwt. pr4f -gW cc(Utit ot , dcirr-d. It wss. iisrt-n.-.i to ..t. .u..,l uttenlion t'V n.anv riliw and ren and in - - , ineui.t-.- -- ureat inU-rest to the end. Mr. Shot man's Sill I The b. itf u.-teh of discussion on this billon i m t r.l.iy in the House, u lurnihed by the tel i eiapii. .naiile. u t understand it better. !; ii! be .. ii that violent Radicals oppose it, Ikvoisc it is too I. m.-iit - too partial to the j i'l. sidttit. n cognizing the force of bis, amnesty I piocl.iinatioii. in that the bill only at first dis- tr uii liLx s tin nu who have not been pardoned, Mt pm-ides tor the ultimate adoption of the Howard amendment. Dliihh rats and real Coll . i Mil i rn pp.vitr it, because it violate ttie(on slitution palpably, and makes war as Stevens' s j bill and ail other propositions have proposed to .to, iton an unarme.l ami unonenuinj; h-o-pie. Moderate Republicans favored it Ix-cuuse it contains the Howard amendment, a most in lquitous and stealthy attempt to delude the States into the surrender ol all control nt their internal nflnirs, and places constitutionally in tbe power nf Congress all the powers ot legis lation tor the country, and the ritfht to force universal sufTraiic upon u4. Kvery proposition that has mine Iroui Con pless, violates and nullifies its o n prolisSons and acts during the war. the acts, speeches and proclamations of Mr. Lincoln, and the Consti tution with all the time honored interpretation ot that instrument by the Supreme ( ourl. The dispatch received to day, jjives tiie ivat if inf.' intelligence, that the bill :s defeated, and that the cpiestion must he adjourned ou r In the j fortieth Congress. If God has n, t .ntir. ly i;iv- ' en over the country to the ililri.l and utter luin of the fiendish spirit of ultra boliti..iii-iii. radical as that body will be, w - tiu-t it w ill be 1-d into safer and more cons'stent action. Tune, the tie it t in o r. mar more billy '.liclosc tn tl l. HI . if Ml.' . Ill 111 I. HI,. nun. ut. both 1 1 ' to speuk North and ith. ni l I'-ad the pro nt:r in tor.es ot thunder, aaiio-l tti mi 1 overthrow nt the government ol the Republic. di mit-Uon ' the tuthi ra Politics. , t rtn ll t 'nil In I i it f p! ,iu i.iil-i -i-ul ui ' 1 1 1 i' m of Na.ion.il alfur., li.ue lii t.iai -1 .oiiiV attention to lillt the public Cilltrol is so cm haruU ol tlio.e u h totally the eany p. tc. and pro-perity ot . il r peop;i Hi lOllt t he pi' and Iii iiiv w the sub net. I il. it-1 v in tin indirtirent to j lhe news. 'I course all are inleieste.l in, but u t,, t,e future, what is to 1 evolved by Fed eral lepislati.rti, ext.vpt thai ii IukI.s no good to the South, is imped trable and vt-xatiously per plt-xing to the brain of any one who would seek to pry into it. We have .'.one what duty and patriotism rcipiirc.1 ot us to aid the reconstruc tion and to seek reconciliation. Jt has all la-en in vain. Now we can tmt watch and wait, un til those who have the power shall direct. In the meantime, let our people drive the plow and look closely to their material iuter.-sts. Congress will scarcely interdict our liberty to work and make hiead and meat or to pay Fed eral taxes. Bogus Advertisers. Our rotemporary, the Newbern Commrrrinl, has found out Haydock., the extensive advertiser ot Mai-'ll's pills, Ac, and denounces him. We atijfied fuohth Hgn, that wr trnt4d get n iliiiu ' from him, ami discontinued hi adver tisements We observe that "iir cottnipomries are lieing deceived by other swindlers. Some . continue to keep iu Dr. Gardner's adverti.se- ni.-t.ts. Trellas paid- armte-prritaps; , PHrtullv.and other. ie at all. and hundreds ' ot people have been deceived by htm as he has deceived us FT.- TiaU fUtrt.) the pnrws of a i number of 'H. ami more in sunn- i.t-n, but e "1-1,ave I.ut one g.-i.tl. man e..n-i.l.-s that he h is been benefit te-l. Tit., j. - alii.ui.l adopt il al a rule to advertix- t .r u . i.t ol the Stale or in it, whom they do not know, or I who ha not a proper endorsatioti. 1 in- -.imple fact that these imposters do not ! pat- the printers, is a small matter. What we dislike tn.att is, that we are made the instrit ni.-ntsof imposition upon the public, and often i to its damage. One of the latest plans by ! which they really make the press particei crim i i.n with tbem in their imposture, is the privi ; I -oe which the press has granted to them, to insert tin ir own statements either as special no !. s. .rni the editorial columns. This thinjj .i,..ii!. lie broken up. mini v. Notions, should , ape ar in our columns either in the editorial nr j special imii' c columns without the name nl the advertiser, t hir readers take lor (.'ranted that what spent,.!., have the editorial endorsement must I..- ritfkit. but we have allowed ourselves It- this nian.euvre ol a.h .-rtisers. to endorse what often proves to lie tils.- and palpably wroniv At tne n-a oi i..k-iii? up our col umns against this flan of adv. itisinf.' entirely, we hare r.-snlv.-d to make evers" atlvertiwr re sponsible lor bis nn st lti-inents, an. cinri ning editorial no'ices within pros r bounds. Moreover. e hope the pr. s of tit. State will toil allow thtt use of their tttluttius to quack- )r(im yrind the limits of the Mali-, at reduced rates Uem ple.tfes of tari;e patron-oje of lartre Our . It anv are favored. 't ti m oiii shoiihl I the ,.,., .. , n. ,lwnrti..ns the nr.-., ti.av I- in. .lined to make , in prt i. r.-ncB to ..tliers N. C Itotn -Today we publish a rather to tii n caustic reply ot lion. . I I urner, r Uarringer on the North Carotins Railroad .pies tion. We take no part in this controversy, but hope that great good to the Railroad n.av , ie ..f it. sin a day or two, nesl all fuibli-h H r ph of 'ert. flwynn to one of the t bari.es $ Mr Tur,:er. which the General prepared ...on as Mr T's spetech sppt ari d. J.tit wl,;.!, In vt ithli. Id. Imping that others ,' would tun t the point rliieetlv lo.t as this has not been dune fap declaims lo l he.rd.. U hl .g, -. ,, ,,,,, ,.r,.,., l,,. .tint the maltrr h ,. - ,..,.,,. ;i,. nHr tin- in.r.. ..I 1 Gen. Gwvnn's article. For tbe SctitlML ' Tht Vorth Caroliaft Xailroad. Missus. EniTOJis: TW SMi and unpro voked attempt ol General Barriuger to throw more than suspicion upon my personal ant) po litical conduct, because of remarks mads in the Stockholders meeting in December last, merits Oiy contempt' rather than resentment. I wonder it should be so dull in Charlotte, with Dr. Jones and Governor Vance both in town. So dull that the General has to excite liiirrself ami try to excite the public mind, by Iinblishiiig what he thinks of nte politically. know he does it with. the hope that I will r-taliate, by publishing alitt I think of him. I shall not trralify him. 1 will not publish. When the ti-.-neral iu 18BO-'61 turned Democrat and seceder, and again in 1865 turned Holden man, and again in 180B turned Worth man, I formed my pinion of him ; but I am not obliged to publish it to afford him and the pub lic a foolish pleasure and gratification. I must flatly reltise the General's invitation or rather challenge to a personal newspaT altercation. It will tie of no service to the public, and gen tlemen are not apt to be pleased with such ex ercise and exhibition of themselves, though the people do enjoy it hugely. Leaving the General to n fleet at his leisure upon the necessity, lit ility or propriety ot his per--onalities, I will proc t-d to notice, that por tion of his . oiiiiiiuiiication not personal, lhe Gt-ie ral says in in crpor as to the history ot III. i "iii any, an t I i hi the Htockholder great injii-ti.v A-.'sin he says "Mr. Turner charges in it ihe "iih kimld. is i'iiie of whom werecon- tia. i -r- - ill lie 1 the State. He misses the mats I chartm! no such thimr. I did sa t In- laiir- stoi k holders w ho paid their subscrip tion sriH-k in work instead ot nionev, held their tnck without having paid a dime for it. There as no an indium charged. 1 meant to -tat. .iliat v.a, well understood at the time the Itoad t-n i;iaded, -that contractors were mnk iii; their stock clear. I have la en Con Ira di.ied in this by an anonymous correspondent ol the .senfi W, as well as by Gen. Uarnuger. I always heard that Mr. Hit hard Ashe, Bennett Haul, Li , Mr Paul C. t ameron, Mr. Giles Mebane, Turner and Jones.'an.i others I could name, made their stock rtear I never heard it denied until leceutlv, that every contractor did not do the same. A large ntiactor recently told nie, he not only made i his sds k but money besides. I now have reason to I rline tbat s ttw contractors by reason of thenr bad management, did not make their stock clear. Hut this question was before the Supreme Court in 1850. Chief Justice Pearson then did lhe Stockholders the same ju-tice or "injustice" if you please, that I did. lu the case of Ashe against Johnson's administrator. Judge Pear son in second Jonti' Kquity Reports said as follows : ' For the purpose of inducing individuals 'o subscribe for the amount of stock, necessary to teceraaiv ... .il. , . ,. secure the charter, the gentlemen, who telt the s . tier pest interest in the success of the enterprise, and to whose exertions the North Carolina Rail road owes its existence, in their speech and in conventions, which they procured to meet, held out the assurance that the company, when organized, would take care to relieve the sub ; Hcril.ers of their stock, by requiring those v. ho contracted to do work on the road, to take stock in payment of one half of the amount of the price of their work. The Company, at its first meeting, instructed I the directors to carry into effect the asturance I which bad been held out tortlie "subscribers for at.ielf il. nl in tl.e tanirili.iro ot ?hi f'nm.nnr " ' - e- .,.,..v, , ior spoiogv, ne oaa miareao) me oni apnoruin, in its answer, "thesulwtsncenttlK.se resolutions, I ..(,rtu mikes the man, want of it the fellow." ' pass.-,! at different times and Conventions, wss ! ,,y reaairiKi money makes the man aud want .-I I that in letting out the contracts, the contractors , it tie fow. verjT hejeve if th- General's were to In- required to take stock as tar as it wss 80 ,naret oJ gtock -thrown upon him bv th.- practicable to get them to do a." In pursu -, Tnllh of tue w,r wrn ,hrown npon the am e of these instructions, the President and .,imm inil,.i,lll. . rn.ii,.ir ; , directors, in the advertisements for letting out tontract-. made this stipulation, the contrac tors rec it ing in payment on their contracts one half in stock of the road, the other halt in cash. He. the defendant, insists that it could not have liecn the intention of his intestate to take the stock nf the plaintiff off ot bis hands at par, It-cause, a lie alleges, the stock was then areat- r U under par. and lit intestate, not being a pro ft sMonal contractor, did not desire any greater contract than one estimated at double the val ue of his own stock. It la iiig a prevalent opinion at the time, that a contractor ith a contract yit-ldbg double 4iao!tUU ufimmWVV'V, ..Wighl jiay the x)ei.ses of the work from the money, and the .,,, Uve-Durchaaetl U at that price: the atTfaa'-r ttul TtlfTI nm Wiirill IHtr Hll I tti t Iirill1nT late M tten?ession may le jtlger tf from tbe ta.-t. that the sub-contractors under Johnson allowed a discount of twenty-five per cent to obtain cash for tbe work. The . qnity of the Plaintiff i an emanation or le.lucti .ii from an obligation which was as sumed by the gentlemen, who were moat active in procuring individual sultscriptions for stock, antl which was afterwards carried into effect by tbe President and directors acting under the instructions of the individual Stockliolders.snd was by them according to the advertiaiiient for contracts made one ot the terms of the letting ; that is to say, contractor! were required to re ceive payment, one ball in cash the other half in the stock of individual subscribers. It is apparent that such an obligation or un dertaking on the part of the individual sulwri Iters, was in direct contravention of the rights of the State; inasmuch aa the State was to fur nish two-thirds of the funds tor the construc tion of this Road, and although not then repre sented, was to contribute two-thirds of the Company's capital. It was accordingly made a subject of anxious con.ideration by us, whether such an underta king on the part of the individual Stockhold ers as not exposed to the objection of being aoainsl public policy, as tending to induce the officers of the torn parly to allow more to con tractors than their work was worth in cash, in order lo induce them to take individual stock in part payment, tbe result of which would necessarily bring into effect an agreement grow ing out nt this understanding, or baser! upon it. After much reflection, we have come to the con elusion, that this objection to our entertaining ttiei-aiirit has been removed by Jl)e ....concurring h. i ol tht-KxtCutive and Legislative depart men's of the government. l ie v have, from high considerations of public good, concurred in, approved ol antl ratified the acts of individual memlwrs of the Company, in regard to the undertaking, with full notice; and it is proper to say, that the matter was at all times openly avowed and justified upon the gr .und of public good prejudicial to the righta of the largest Stockholder. The disci. mine in the answer of the defendant, proves it was the prevalent opinion at that time, that the contractor, with hi. contract yielding double the amount of his suliscnpiion, might pay the expenses of the work from the money. In other on Is, might make bis stock clear; that is, thintrs were in such a condition that the Stale, as was sinuxsed, aould pay all the money i. quirttl lor the construction of the Road, and vet, individuals would own one-third of the sou k Tti is disclosure, together with the fur ther fact, that contractors who took one-half in stir'k Vf-r e allowed such prices as to enable (tern to let. out su'-conLracuk, to M paicJ jK CMn mtm deduction nl 25 per cent, is really startling. If the original undertaking was against pub' I Jlfl policy, ol conn thia eeqrf coold hot in any way aid in carrying it out. The executive offi cers bT ctM(bt aurjacriptipn. ea thf part of the Bute to be paid, and the Legislature at its last session, appropriated one other million i f dollars, to aid ia the completion of a work which they deemed to important to tbe interest of the State." Thus Judge Pearson settles one question in dispute between tbe General and myself, settles it too upon sworn testimony, and more, I doubt not, to the General's conviction than his satisfaction. Let the General answer the Chief Justice. If the General answers the Chief Justice, T suggest hrerrfyr I wrmid enmtnenrl-w him the policy of his Dutch ancestors, who, in their Spice Islands, cut down hslf their spice trees to improve tbe ralue of the other half, I'V producing scarcity and doubling prices. 1 would fain call the General's attention to his memorial, in which he pretends that the disas ters of the Company are owing to dissension and division between the Stockholders and the State. I repeat, since the first election nt Colonel Fisher, (except one rear of Mr. IJoyden's ad ministration) there has been entire harmony between the State Directors and the Directors on the part of the Stockholders. Even, in Mr. Hoyden's administration there was no iirotest or remonstrance or objection to bis projects, plans and expenditures. The Stockholders, through their Directors, Thomas Webb, C. 1. Men.lcn hall, D. A. Davis and John L. Morehea.l, if not quietly concurring, never remonstrating against any act of Mr. Boyden's administration. These gentlemen are large Stockholders. I say it to their credit, they have devoted more time and I attention to the road than all the litrire Stock uoniers owning aixive -'(J snares, put together, and into whose hands the General prp..-s to commit the future destinies of the road. These four irentlemen areas much responsible for Mr Boyden's extravagant administration as General each and the State Directors. They did nothing to encourage it, and they did nothinu to prevent it. Neither tbey nor the Stale Di rectors knew of it until it was all over and too late to apply the remedy. So it has been with all Directors in this and in all roads, and so it will continue to be. The President and Sujiei intendent run the road, and not Directors. The General, No. 1, charges me with "making a lame apology lor .Mr. iJov.li-n. 1 said Mr. Boyden had spent without paying the interest on our debt, one million three hundred thou sand dollars. I said be took the Presidency without desiring it, and promised us he Would not give his whole attention to the affairs of the road. I said he left the Presidency informing nahe had kept his promise Mistaking- this sarcasm tor an apology, is well calculated to give the public an humble opinion of the General's capacity and powers of discrimination. The General, N. 3, honors with his notice only two thirds of the present Board of Dire tors. He only names the State Directors. Let , u;... ....., : , .... ... 1 lie lllioiiu loin, llir it.'l t;.iiiii. oi Bi it . . ', , , . ... , mMV,l.ra anil thut lMitra Mitr.l.wu. W.Uil, Morehead and Davis, "Urge Stockholders," are entitled to the honor of his notice as much as the Stste Directors. They arc as much a I dieted to "paying claims and granting favors" as others of the Board. In fact wlien , tin Board, to use tbe General's language, "at Isst resolved to modify the negro hire order," they did it without tht. aid of either of these e n tlemen. I would give the amount ot S..ck each of these gentlemen own, lint it would iwt add to their capacity, fidelity or fitness for their place, except in ths General's estimation. I tear, since the General s mistake of sarcasm r i.i i.i i ,. i would add nothing to their capacity tor Kail ' Road management. The General, No. 8, aays : ; "There is little or no reform, am' tin- m-mey I T..niinties xo now live water. tiny .n.i yon not inform the Stockholders and Directors nl it ' "The trains and stations," says the Genual. "n often the scenes of rowdyism and obscenity, disgracetni to the age- and country," I am i the first of this; I never witnessed or heard of disorder on the trains or at the tleots. . I'ntil better informed, I can only blame a large Stock holder, who knowing these indecencies, hits failed to report them to the Hoard. I suggest athe HsmQl1lifJ tfett they amend their n.e- mori,, tod Mk ,he LegisfatureriV. fi.rTml tf.e General's voting in the Stockholder's meeting, by way of punishment for not informing the Board. I would not, however, ask the Legisla ture to act on the amendetl memorial. I may add. it would lie aa irwoner for that bod, t do .0, .. it would lie for them to forbid " the ' h,e may be enpryed by alt person. Stockholders electing a Director unless he owned M!'he.l to . ' delegates, and the Conati twenty shares of stock. There is no impropri- ,"""n, " " '.I"1 ft mJ?rity tne, etv in the memorialists asking for this, for it '' ' lecb-d the delegates is submitted to ( on -would not hurt the complexion of the memorial i Kres' and approved, and when the said 8tte . ..1.1 . 1.;. ..1. 1-.. ;.. ..i. f..,.,. , legislature elected under tbe said Constitution , i ' "As to tare and freights the whole svtem is a jumble of confusion, of favoritism, fraud or folly." This, may be so as to the "contusion and lolly," but we have our doubts as to the "favor itism and fraud." If true, it is an argument againat tbe large stockholders, who controlled in Governor Morehead's, and (.'ol. Fisher's a-i-ministrations. Tbe basis of charges and tun If s were made in the early days of tbe Company, and they have undergone no great change since. I cannot think either of these gentlemen estab listied ''fairs and freights" in "fraud or favorit ism." If Messrs. Cameron and Webb, the fa- vorttes of the large stockholders, have continued these "fares and freights," I submit to the (Jen ersl, thst tolly, not fraud, expressee-both his meaning and his indignation. "Freights are high. The secret is soout one half tbe travel, and a large proportion of the freights sntl telegraphs are free." If I imitated tbe General, in his offensive per sonalities in No. 1, I woald call this a "reckless assertion.1' If the General can prove what he aaya, I would not give much for Mr. Webb's high character as an honeat man. "Half tin travel, and S larjre proportion of the freights ami telegrams," could not be free without the guilty knowledgs of tne Prtaitlent. I aak pardon of Mr. Webb lor the supposition. Suppose it be true. It only goes to condem'tf the General's plan, the largo stock holders and the memorial; for Mr. Webb is the special fawritc and choice ot tbe "large stockholders." If th.-v did not make him director be could not he Pres ident. I suggest to tbe General, foregoing person, alities to vindicste his memorial if he can, in No. 4, reconcile its contradictions, explain iis nonsense and enormities. Do this, or in No. ft ask forgiveness of (MI4 brother-stockholders in j the Company, whom you propose, to outlaw a.i.l rob of their just weight and influence in the i corporation. The State is the large stockholder owninu three million three hundred thousand to one million on the part of individuals. The State has eight Directors individuals four. This' is : according to the original contract. Now yon ! promise to give tne max, inree nirecrors an individuals si.' Why pve Mie tae Kiiy folic woald be as powerless, aa if she bad1 One or none. With regard to the example of Sooth Carolina I may bars say that State "does not own two third of her roads." You mewo rlallae the LegUlarore to forbid the individual stockholders, electing any person Director who dim not own twenty share of aback. This li in violation o( tbe constitution, and every law of honor and good tsitb which should bind man and man in business transactions. There are 779 stockholders, only lli own above 80 share of stock. You wish to make a victim of the large Stock holder, because he is too large, and ol 664 Pri vate Stockholders because they are ton small. The Lecialature may make a vicTim ol the State that is a matter for that ImvIv and their con stituents, hut if they venture titus tu invade the. leiral rights ot 064 citizens, by depriving them of the just control of their property, they w ill appeal to ('hief Justice Pcarion and the Court tailing in that, they promise the General not peaceably to secede trom the corporation. II I understand the General in !. 4. lie pto poses to run the Hoad with dir.'Ctors. What road is run by directors f I never knew directors to run a road. They don't run the Kaleigh A Gaston Rol. Dr. Hawkins is as supreme there as Col. Fisher, Nr. Cameron, Mr. Webb, or Mr. Hoy den. on our road I can hear only of Mr. Johnson . n lhe S. C. Hoad. If a Rail Road is well managed, the President nets all the credit for it. II it ia badly managed, he must take discredit. No man except the General ever heard of riming a road by direc tors, - holding them responsible instead of the President. Mr Calhoun, minted what he called a "dual Presidency ," ! the Iniled Slates a double headed government, one President from tlje North and one from the South, both to approve and sign laws. The General's running the North Carolina Rail Road with nine Directors respon ajblc instead ot the President, is an imp'ove nient on the Calhoun theory of "Dual Presi dency." I must now conclude, lest your readers condemn me, for imitating the General instead ol the Spice island Dutch. JOSIAII TURNER, Jr. TELEGRAPHIC. CONGRESS, Stevens' Bill Discussed bat not Patted. Washisotoh, Feb. 16. In the House, concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of New York approving the Dis trict of Columbia suffrage was presented. The alleged corruption of members invol ving the honor ot the House bill by promising not to do certain things if the President chauged his policy, embracing who the members were I and who earned tbe message between them and i the President, was referred to a select com rait - ! tee of three. Two and a quarter millions was appropriated to the revenue cutter service. A lull providing for a President in case t a vacancy passed. It provides first, for the Presi dent of the Senate pro tem, then the Speaker of ; I lie House, mnl after him the Supreme Court j Judge succeeds. j The Senate insisted on the amendment to the Bankrupt bill, and asked a committee ol con ference. Stevens' bill was resumed. Mr Doolittle said that it was a declaration I t war against the ten States. He Closed his ! speech at half past four, and Mr. Saulsbnry took the door and spoke till the recess. The Republican caucus appointed a enmtnit . i..-e ol seven to combine Stevens' and Elliot's , bills, to apply to all the Southern Statea. Stevens' and Elliot t Bills Combined offered by Sherman, of Ohio, and Passed by the Senate, 6 o'clock Sunday Morning. WasHfNOToN, Feb. 17. Mr. Sherman's substitute passed at half past six this morning 29 to 10, which is substantially Blaine's amendment, and is in sultslance as follow-In the preamble the military provisions and Districts are similar to those of Stevens' bill, only the President instead of tbe General Bp pmnts officer. Sentences of death require the President's approval, and tbe halmu corjivi is "not srjspended beyond, that all interference ot the State authority with the military authority is nullified. Section 5th provides that when any rebel State forms a Constitution in conformity with th.- ( .institution otthe United States, framed bv (UwiwaUor tha 4tlgts to be elite tad by male citizens twenty-one years of age, without regard to 4-ace, color or previous condition, resi dent in the State a year -except persons disfran chised by participation in rebellion, or felony. ll'l : i . . .1 , . " '.. t.tr onstii.tt.on province tnai toe adopts the Constitutional amendment, and the I said amendment becomes a part ot tbe National Constitution, the said State is declared entitled to representation, and the Senators and Repre sentative therefrom, shall be admitted on their taking the oath prescribed by law'. Ttom Washington. WasHiK0T0r Feb. 16. ' The Texas attorneys bars commenced pro I feedings in tbe Supreme Court against White, I Childs, Vanderberg and others, for a hundred thousand dollars nt Texas indemnity bonds, ob- I tain.-d on unfulfilled and alleged unlawful con j: tracts during the rebellion. The Secretary of the Treasury was notified of the proceedings and the payment of the bonds are stopped, I pending the suit by order of tbe Court. The ' case involves nice political questions. I Sherman's substitute will meet serious oppo- ! silion in the House. Several republicans, in fclii.Jing Stevens, are opposed toil. Brandegee is reported to I indignar.t that the Preid. nt is t appoint officers and approve death sentences, and the Federal courts allowed to issue h-ihriiM , ri. The friends of Hie measure appre- bend that the veto and Ixilters will defeat lhe entire measure. ( I Three Senator voted nay on the- motion to substitute Sherman's sulistltute for Stevens' bill, namely : Saiilsbury, Buckalew and Davis. An amendment that all punishments under Sherman's substitute Ims according to law was defeated by N to 2. By the Cablo. f LoRDOW, Feb. 10. The County of Kerry has been proclaimed in a slate ol siege. Connor and Stevens are said to be identical. Twenty A nigricans are s.-dd to lie ut-tin with the Feuians. St. PfcTmsnrjHO, Feb. 19. The Car will protect Christians il the Turks i refuse. I hem K.piity. ' . By the Cable. Ireland. . Losdou, Feb. It). Ireland is perftctly tranquil. A small num ber of it-lit U atv concealed in the woodtt endeav oring tu make their way to the coast, Tbe troops' are so disposed that their escape Is" thought to be impossible. Troops hsve been ettoila5.iild;a wMrih. Stevens, who it reported to to in that neighbj hod .si-3f :J( te4lsaify "'tT- rtVt i uapri fin Ittaa wore amusement than apptahaoatos'I I wl terprbing newspaper nu-a engineered tha Hi!. The primary object being a big Item. CotiimJ' men were approached and encouraged ito .iTi, thePresitlwit, to whom ttie iWdeMt View. seemed moderate, and shewed intaaw aaxietv Ui harmonire the country, .Tbalaterriew, . sound and free, officiallj binding neither Bart? The Prdrfit ts rtihl- Ki ... J. l I " a sblTIT Aft. poel to rongresaiona! tirterfermc wHk electors. (, ' i t'.i,. , a ' i Latest from Wuhinftoa. 4 WASBINQtoa, 8 4q p. k Previous question on Sherman's ubetltut been s.-con.le.l, and by prvioM agreement House took re:. ss to seven o'clock, whoa tht bill will pass nu lose oppooenta fllUbaaeer Kxtreine Radicals oppose violently, and. Deal rats determinedly. It cannot pass over the Congress Sherman's Substitute House. la tka Wabhihotox, Feb. it Iu the House a joint resolution of the Utah Legislature was presented, praying a twpsal tin. Territorial law punishing polyanssay. i A bill for suffrage, regardless of sax 'was ta bled after an hour s debate. A resolution that tbe President be only eta powered to pardon on conviction, aad that par dons heretofore granted are null, WMretenedto the Judiciary Committee. The Hist ru-t Committee was instructed to rt port s bill prohibiting the sale of Uqaor in the District of Columbia. A motion contemplating th withdrawal ot national Bank currency was tabled. Sherman's substitute was considered. Mr. -Stevens moved the noo-coaenrrence of the House, and asked a committee of conference. llr Bcntwell spoke in opposition M the sub stitute. Heoap4ained thatft sravs worepngrT to the President and Lhe hsl factions ta rs construciion. We ought to remove frost the reconstruction business in South Carolina the Orr's, tho Pickens' and MaGreth's. It leaves the work pptu to any one wjio may choose to engage in it, and we entrust rebels with the work ol reconstruction, of which we art afraid thev are incapable, - - ' - .... TmiSt, .W.II IMK1. Mr. Stokes opposed it because be said thst universal suffrage and universal amnesty was it. He did not understand laogrxge If It did. not enfranchise every rebel in tie Booth. Ho pre ferred the detest of the Congressional recon struction measures to this bill. Mr. Stevens took ground that the bill usurped the power of the future Congress, aad after wards ventilated his usual bitterness against the President and the Southern people. Mr. Hlaine favored tbe bill, contending that it gave no more rights than Congress gave the Tennessee rebels. . , j - Mr. Wilson of Iowa sustained tbebiU. Mr. Bingham made a bitter . hit at fitamas, ahowing that there was not a singto featarrs ia the bill bich had not, at on Usaa or another, been favored by the Iteconstructioa committee' Mr. Schrnk, of Ohio, favored tbe bill SS tbe only thing possible. After further amendment, Mr. Blaine d mantled the previous question, which was sec ondt-d, by a vote of 78 to 08. A lavotioa that the whole subject tie tabled was negatived by s vole of Mr) m 4(1. In the Senate, Mr. Sumner preeeatad a nxem.s rial n tue Prnnsylvsnian Peace Society, arging the establishment nf an international tribataal to which lite national differences I si retWrext. The i-ill extending the time for appeals cm writs of error from the excluded States) passed. Mr. Sumner made aa inetTactoai flett to disinter Klliott's bill. - --.... -.- ..rj- Tls- diplomitic appropriation MII was takes up, and amended so as to pay Mr, Harver,' tb Portugal minister. ..v.-"Wr i IA o Sarratt AxrlrtL : WssntnoToii.Teb: IB. " The 8w tarsia h tying off lb WbarirTrlaon quarters hrve been prepared ' for SttrratC ' He will be brought ashore during tbe algbi."' Sherman's SUl ittmCiUM Congress. u 8--. . Wxsumotok, reb.lt. In the House tbe vote to concur la lbs adop tion of Sherman's ulstltutel was deXeatad by a vote of 9H to 73. A Committee of Coatereace a ppomted. The whole matter dead for this see From Washington, .... t W,wTojtI'eTx,l. Prof. Bache is dead. , v, The conference committee on the tea or ol office bill has agreed to include eablaet officers. Mr. Salisbury s speech dcaunciaiury oi Sew srd mates mutb talk. v . ; ; i...vt ; Tbe Sosithern WaliUssotdaiiosibajakapt ed s resolntioB oppoaisg Sherman's aabstitate. The Sejat struck out the clause ia tba West Point appropriation bill 1 forbidding, appoint menu from the Southern States. ,w . Tbe Democrats aad extremists voted against concurring in Shermao'l substitute.. , toveUand Ho.isseau voted to concur. j -f Unless Inith Houses act before midnight to night, pocket Veto follows. Both tbe New York TrOiiine and Washington Cfevatefai. tavor concurrence, but Sterras waa too strong. N action is now probable until after tbo Coo necticot elections which occurs On Marcb 10 If that still goes radical, harsh meaaona are certain. By the Cable-reniaiu, i Loaooiav reb. " None of the armed Fenians InKerycowitT have been capture, I, bat have all dlaappoaml The Irish peasantry are perfectly willing to give Intelligent, but ohc is assrstljig Id arrest their oonntrymeo. - Ttiree Britisb ships wt wsr are in Kenmore river, tw aid tbs people, aad for service, ii needed. ... e . .a K trl Derby first lyird of tho Treasarr says officially that the alarm has passed, and all tbs puaaanla are loyal. The goversmtat will treat t lie prisoners justly. The Irish Secretary lord Nors say. no new rising nf f snisM is- appre bended. Only one hundred snd twenty sre engaged ia revolt . Not withstanding these ds nrals tho government is still sending troops to Ireland. " r Evacuation of Mexico. New Oklbajis, Fei. II. TU complete evacuatwutof taaaity-eaf Mex- ieo tsscurred tn tbe Sixth.- T- '- " The Norfolk Virginian says the Peruvian csst tilffroiii her wharf on Kyday amid the cheers of the aasembled. niultitntle.,., She sailftd for fiiverpnol dimrt, .m Saturday, taking oot 1,600 tMtltts v rsow; fm btmhcht of corn W trsg ol peanuts, 40 boxes manntactnred and 10 barrels leaf tobaclo. 1
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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